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VONQteck VOL. VI. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COLUMBIA, S. C., MARCH 22, 1913. No. 21. LEWIS WOOD GOES TO LONDON TOWN Alumnus Will Represent New York Tribune There. Worked Several Years on The State Before Going to New York. Visits His Alma Mater. Mr. Lewis Wood, an alumnus of Carolina, delivered an interesting lit tle impromptu tallk in chapel Wed nesday, March 19th. Mr. Wood, after graduating, became a reporter on The State, but left in 1910 for broader fields to conquer in the realms of New York journalism. He was shortly taken on The Tribune staff and worked his way up to a position as "rewrite" man on that paper. When recently there came a vacancy on the London staff, Mr. Wood was chosen. He is visiting his relatives and friends in Columbia before sailing for England. Mr. Wood, at the request of Dr. Mitchell, told of some of his expe riences as a metropolitan news gatherer. His forte is interviews, and he has written up conferences with many interesting personages, among them Woodrow Wilson, Roosevelt, a prince of the Chinese royal family, besides numerous au thors, politicians, educators and bus iness men. He followed Oscar Straus, Progressive candidate for governor of New York, on his cam paign through New York, Ohio and Illinois. While gathering ship news at the New York water front, he has had many interesting experiences. He went to meet the Carpathia bearing the survivors of the ill-fated Ti tanic. An amusing story was ob tained from a tramp steamer that had just reached port after a voyage around the Horn from San Francis co. While off the coast of South America a speck was sighted in the distance tossing on the crest of the waves. Upon approaching it was found to be a huge tree trunk with a tiny negro clinging to it. It had floated off into the ocean before the little fellow had noticed, as lie was playing "ship" on the beach. -is only wearing apparel was a shirt that reached to his knees, and a large but ton (evidently obtained from some cockney Englishman) with this ap pealing inscription thereon, "Kiss me, kidho, I'm sterilized." In conclusion, Mr. Wood said that his was an example of the life of the (Continued on Page 4.) UNIVERSITY WINS FROM CITY TEAM Gamecock Nine Walks Over Columbians 12 to 5. Pre-season Game Attracted Much Attention-Perritt Strikes Out 9 Out of 19. It was 4:17 o'clock when play be gan. Creighton went into the box for the collegians, with vonKolnitz behind the bat. Kreps took up the twirling burden for the city team, with Preacher McPherson doing the receiving. From the start there was scoring on both sides, and the end of the third inning saw the two team tied ul--5 to 5. Caro lina then began to forge ahead, hav ing at the final count 12 runs, al though the city team outhit them by two bingles. Perritt Does Well. At the start of the fifth round Perritt went into the box for Caro lina. Well did he perform his task. Of the 19 batters that faced him, no less than 9 were retired by the strikeout route. His control was almost perfect and his curves were breaking in midseason form. In the five innings he worked he al lowed but one safe hit, a single to left in the sixth by Seal. Not a runner crossed the plate during his stay on the mound. Perritt showed all sorts of form. Columbia. AB R IB PO A E Girardeau, If. . 5 0 2 0 2 0 Seal, Ib. . .. 5 O I 9, 2 I Turner, cf. . . 5 2 3 0 0 1 Weir, rf. . . -5 1 2 3 1 0 Clark, 2b. . .. 4 0 0 I 2 1 Higl, ss. . . . 3 0 I 0 I 2 Sutherland, 3b.. 4 1 0 1 I I McPherson, c.. 4 1 2 8 1 o Kreps, p. . . .4 0 1 2 2 0 Totals. .. ..39 5 12 24 12 6 Carolina. ABR IBPO AE Edens, 2b. . . 2 1 1 0 5 1 Watts, cf. . . . 4 0 I I I 0 vonKolnitz, c. . 5 2 1 11 2 0 McMillan, 3b. . 4 3 2 3 0 0 Rudisill, ib. . 5 2 1 10 0 1 Owven, If. . . 4 2 2 0 0 1 McGowan, rf. - 3 0 I 0 0 0 Langston, rf. . o o o o o o Boozer, ss- - - 3 0 0 2 4 0 Shuiler, ss. . . o o o o o o Creighton, p . . 2 1 0 o I 0 Perritt, p. . . I 1 I 0 1 0 Totals -. - - 33 12 10 27 14 3 (Continued on Pae .) STATE CONTESTANTS SPIEL FORTH IN GHAPEL Judges Select M. A. Wright as Representative. Preliminary in State Contest at Rock Hill-J. D. Brandenburg Was Second Place. "The speeches delivered this even ing, as a whole, have been the best I have ever heard from this ros trum," was the remark of Mr. Lyles, one of the judges for the State Preliminary Contest, held in the University chapel on last Mon clay night to select a speaker to rep resent the University at the State Oratorical Contest, which will be held at Rock Hill on April 25th. M. A. - Wright, Euphradian, of Trenton, was awarded first place by the judges, and J. D. Brandenburg, Clariosophic, of Columbia, was sec ond choice. The speeches showed extraordi nary preparation, originality and style; the orators delivered them in a manner and style highly creditable to their societies. A large, enthusi astic audience was present and showed increased interest in the ex ercises of the evening. The pro gram of the evening follows: R. P. Bellinger, Euphradian, spoke on "The Eagle's Prey." He dwelt on the tendency of the present to grasp the dollar, and insatiable desire of accumulating wealth. In an instructive manner he portrayed the business world of today. His oration was composed of beautiful style and went to the point. B. M. Sawyer, Clariosophic, spoke next on "The Indifferent Citi zen." He showed the marked necessity of the need of every citi zen in politics, and emphasized that the indifferent citizen was also re sponsible for the condition of our government and the character of its officials. His speech was striking, his delivery was pleasing, telling and effective. J. B. Murphy, Euphradian, had "The Ideals of the Present" as his subject. He showed that construc tion versus destruction should be among these ideals, and enumerated the great beinefactors to mankind in the medical anid other spheres. He stressed the importance of college graduates to lead in these affairs. Murphy was in his usual good form. A. C. Mann, Clariosophic, spoke next on "Life, Love and Liberty, (Continued on Page 2.) PENNSYLVANIA TEAM SWIPES FIRST GAME Keystone Nine Defeated Game cock Crew 4 to 2. Season Opens With Large Crowd. Two More Games to be Played This Week. Carolina opened her 1913 base ball season Thursday in the first of a series of three games with La fayette. The final tally showed the score 4-2 in favor of the Keyston ers. A good crowd was on hand in spite of the threatening weather, which, however, seemed to affect the spirits of the fans, and only the most spectacular play could drag out its due of applause. When Bill Clark, in the role of "His Umps," announced batteries and blew the whistle, the Gamecock crew went in the field, and before their turn came with the willow two of the sons of Penn. had loped across the plate. Again iitthe fifth and in the seventh the visitors shoved a man around all four cor ners, but our fellows couldn't get around till in the seventh, when Tommy McMillan pulled off some big league base running and landed our first score. Next inning another of our fellows came across, but tiy as we might, we couldn't uncork anything in the ninth. Neither team at any time seemed booked for a walk-over, and to the last twirl things were interesting. Perritt was the shining star for the Garnet and Black bunch, pitch ing a steady game, fielding well and getting away with a three-bagger and a two-base hit out of three times up. Rudisill must also be put high in'the list of luminaries. He played his sack with skill and judgment, and by his spectacular stop, cut the opponents out of at least two runs. At the bat, too, he showed he has the goods. Tommy McMillan (e serves no little credit for his heady base running. For the visitors, Forshee showed up. exceedingly well, and although this gentleman is, to say the least, leisurely about doing it, he gets the ball across the plate in such a wvay that it is pretty hard to connect with. In six innings he allowved only one hit to be marked against him. Cap taini Fager also showed up wvell for the Northern lads. The line-up was: Lafayette, 4. Carolina, 2. (Continued on Page 3.)